Sequoyah, also known as
George Gist. A member of the Cherokee Nation, he
was the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, (a set of written symbols,
each of which represents a syllable, used to write a given language).
This image was copied from a lithograph in McKenney and Halls,
Indian Tribes of North America, 1836-44 and subsequent
editions. The source for the lithograph is thought to be an original
painting by Charles Bird King, Washington, D.C. 1828. Scan courtesy of
Tennessee State Library and Archives.